anderson



E. L. ANDERSON.

Patented Dec. 30, 1919.

' INVENTOB '1 ATTORNEY WITNESSES fl fd UNITED. STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELLA L. ANIDERSON, 0F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

. KETTLE.

I Specification of Letters Patent. Patented, Dec, 30, 1919.

Application filed June 7,1918, Serial No. 238,727. Renewed June 2, 1919.Serial No. 301,329.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that I, ELLA L. ANDERSON, a

This invention relates to kitchen utensils,

and more particularly to preserving kettles.

The object of the invention is to provide a kettle constructed forcooking preserves, fruit butter, or any material which requiresstirring, in which improved agitating means are provided to effectivelyscrape the material from the sides and bottom of the kettle whilestirring or agitating it.

Another object is to provide a kettle of this class with a combinedcover and agitator support.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within thescope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents a vertical centralsection of a kettle constructed in accordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof,

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken line 33 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4: is a detail perspective view of the agitator detached.

In the embodiment illustrated, a kettle 1 is shown composed of anysuitable metal having a roller rim 2 at its upper edge with a perforatedcover 3 flanged as shown at 4 to fit within the kettle.

The agitator 5 which constitutes the gist of this invention is shown indetail in Fig. 4 and comprises a pair of angularly disposed blades G'and7 formed by bending a piece of sheet metal transversely, said bladesbeing mounted on an upright shaft 8, said shaft being secured at thecorner or juncture of the blades and extending the full height thereofand reinforcing them at this point. This shaft extends at one end abovethe upper edges of these blades and is adapted to pass through a centralopening in the cover on the 3 to provide for the attachment thereto ofan operating handle 15 which will be hereinafter more fully described.The blades 4} and 7 as shown are constructed of a single piece of sheetmetal with longitudinally disposed slots or openings 9 formed thereinand spaced laterally from each other to provide for the passagetherethrough of the material being stirred so as to obtain a maximummixing of the contents of the kettle. Laterally extending flanges 10 arecarried by the lower edges of the blades 6 and 7 and are designed tocontact with the bottom of the kettle 1 when in operative position so asto exert a scraping action on the bottom when the agitator is rotated toprevent the material treated from sticking to the bottom. These blades 6and 7 are also provided on their other ends with upstanding scrapingblades 11 which are positioned at an oblique angle and are designed toengage at their free edges with'the side walls of the kettle 1 as shownin Fig. 8, so that no material will be permitted to adhere to thesewalls during the cooking operation.

The handle 15 is detachably connected with the projecting end oftheshaft 8, being here shown secured thereto by means of a cotter pin 12passing transversely through a collar 13 on the end of said handle andthrough the aperture 14 in the shaft. This handle 15 extends radiallybeyond the collar l3'and is preferably composed of heavy wire twisted atone end to form a hand grip 16 which terminates in a loop 17 tofacilitate hanging up of said handle when not in use. In the use of thisapparatus, the dasher or agitator 5 having been placed in position inthe kettle 1, the preserves, fruit butter or other material to be cookedis inserted therein and the top 3 placed in position with the shaft 8projecting through its center. The handle15 is then engaged with thisprojecting shaft end and secured by the cotter in 12 and the apparatusis ready for use. he perforations in the cover 3 permit the steam topass freely out and the extension of the handle 16 beyond the side wallsof the kettle provides for the rotation of the agitator 5 'by movingsaid handle horizontally without danger of the operator becoming scaldedby the steam passing through the top. When this handle 15 is movedhorizontally in one direction itwill be obvious that the free edge ofone of the scraping blades 11 will engage the side walls of the vessel 1and the rec edge of the flange 10 carried by the same blade will operateto scrape the bottom of the kettle and when rotated in the oppositedirection the flanges 10 and 11 on the other blade will be brought into0 eration, thereby preventing all possibility 0 the material bein cookedadhering either to the bottom or side Walls of the kettle. This rotationof the agitator also causes the material being cooked to be forced throuh the openings 9 in the agitator and thereby stir the contents of thekettle and thoroughly commingle it.

When the kettle is not in use the parts may be readily removed and hungup or otherwise put away and being all separable are easily cleaned.

The foregoing description and the drawings have reference to what may beconsidered the preferred or approved form of my invention. It is to beunderstood that I may make such changes in construction and arrangementand combination of parts, materials, dimensions, etc., as may proveexpedient and fall within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is

An agitator for kettles and the like comprising a pair of blades formedfrom a single piece of sheet metal bent transversely to position theblades at an angle to each other, said blades having transverse slotsspaced laterally to provide for the passage of the material and eachblade having integral laterally extending flanges on its lower edge andon its side ed e, said side flanges being positioned at an o lique angleto the blade, and an upright shaft secured at the juncture of saidblades and extending the full height thereof with one end projectingabove the edge of the blades forming a reinforce and handle attachmentelement.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELLA L. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

Lossm BRANNAN, JOSEPH S. WOODWARD.

